After Reading Strategies
Use these sentence stems and reading log questions to have your
student reflect on the story or book after reading.
Example Sentence Stems
What I liked the most about this story is…
This story reminds me of…
My favorite character of the story was…
I was very surprised when…
I think the story would have been better if…
I can relate to the story/book because…
My favorite part of the story was when…
The author must have wanted to…
I do not agree with…
The story made me feel…
My least favorite character is…
I would prefer if the story ended like this…
I lost track of everything except…
I need to reread the part where…
One question that this text answers is…
Example Reading Log Reflection Questions/Activities
Describe the setting of the story.
Would you recommend this book to a friend?
Why or why not?
If you could spend one day with a character,
which one would it be and why?
Why do you think the author wrote this book?
Using the text, illustrate a key scene or
descriptive passage. Write one or two
sentences describing the picture.
Write a letter to the author explaining your
opinion about the story.
What if a different character told the story?
Specify a character and explain what would
change and what would stay the same.
What” pictures” did you get in your mind while
reading?
What are three words in the story that you do
not know? Predict their definition.
How would you feel if you were a character in
the story?
What are three things you learned while
reading this book?
Did you form any opinions while reading this
article or book? What is it and why?
Write a letter to a character in the story giving
your opinion about his/her actions.
What do you think would happen if we read
about the characters five years from now?
What would change?
After reading a book with your student, give him/her a choice of responding between a few
sentence stems or reading log questions/activities. Allow your student to share his/her ideas
with you before they write, or discuss their responses afterwards.